GarageBand with reFX NEXUS2`

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GarageBand with reFX NEXUS2`

Hey guys,

Just got my MBP about a little over a month ago now running 10.5.7 and was just curious to know something about garage band.

I haven't used garage band in the past before to record music. i use to use Mark Of The Unicorn Digital Performer 5 before it crashed after installing a 3rd party sampler 😟

i was just curious to know, will i be able to record from NEXUS2 into garage band? also, i have a Korg Triton Extreme and is there a way i can use the sounds from there to record into garage band?

this is just the product info on NEXUS2 for you guys who arent too sure what it is...

http://refx.com/?lang=en&page=products/nexus/summary

thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7), the basic whoo ha

Posted on Oct 13, 2009 5:54 PM

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Answer 1

WarriorAnt

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Oct 13, 2009 6:26 PM in response to DriftpiG

You will be able to use NEXUX 2 in GB. Just call up the NEXUS 2 AU and go from there, just like any other AU.

Mac requirements are

PPC G4 800 Mhz or Intel 1.5 GHz
512 MB RAM
Mac OSX 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6
Free USB port
VST, AU or RTAS compliant host

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DriftpiG Author

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Oct 13, 2009 9:58 PM in response to WarriorAnt

so you mean AU as in Australia yeah?

umm, my MBP is a 2.53GHz model with just the standard stuff in it. GB should be able to handle this with NEXUS2?

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WarriorAnt

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Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM in response to DriftpiG

Just in case your not kidding 🙂 AU as in Audio Unit.

Your Mac should be able to handle NEXUS2. Do you own NEXUS2 yet? NEXUS is my least favorite of all the synths. NEXUS2 looks overpriced to me and the entire bundle seems way too much. I alway found NEXUS (1) to be a pain to use.

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DriftpiG Author

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Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM in response to WarriorAnt

haha oh man i feel like a tool xD
i dont own NEXUS yet but ive been working with a guy from the UK who uses it and he seems to like it. most of his tunes are written via NEXUS (we write Electronic Dance Music) and it seems to put out some nice sounds.

what do you use, or what would you recommend id use instead of NEXUS? im not sure if id go towards NI just because the sampler i installed (KONACT3) crashed my old program lol

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Answer 5

WarriorAnt

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Oct 14, 2009 1:10 AM in response to DriftpiG

Well if your doing dance music then NEXUS might be a good choice. reFX also maked Vanguard which has a good sound for dance and the entire package of the synth and the expansion packs cost the same as NEXUS2 alone. I don't really know but I'd gather a good guess that NEXUS 1 will be easier to run than NEXUS2.

Anyway you might as well try some demos from different developrs.

http://www.linplug.com/Download/download.htm

http://vemberaudio.se/surge.php

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DriftpiG Author

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Oct 14, 2009 2:07 AM in response to WarriorAnt

thanks. appreciate the help 🙂

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